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Electricity transmission and distribution losses (% of output)

Name: Electricity transmission and distribution losses (% of output)
Creator: World Bank (World Development Indicators)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, electricity, power grid, energy efficiency, infrastructure, losses, utilities, transmission, distribution

Share of electricity lost in transmission and distribution (% of total output). Comparable, country-level view of grid efficiency and reliability (2019–2022).

Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators)•174 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

16.1%

Median: 13.1%

Countries Covered

174

with available data

Highest

Haiti

54.1%

Lowest

Singapore

3.2%

Top 5 Countries

1Haiti54.1%

2Iraq46.8%

3South Sudan45.4%

4Nigeria44.7%

5Sierra Leone44.0%

By Region

Africa23.6%(9 countries)

Other20.1%(95 countries)

Asia12.9%(25 countries)

South America11.5%(7 countries)

North America9.7%(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Grid losses range from very low single digits in some high-efficiency systems to extremely high levels in countries facing infrastructure and non-technical loss challenges.
•Reducing T&D losses is often one of the fastest ways to improve energy affordability without building new generation capacity.
•High-loss countries frequently overlap with places where utilities have financial stress, which can reinforce underinvestment and reliability problems.
•Low losses can support renewable integration by freeing capacity and improving overall grid performance.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (60.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.1%)

Africa (9)

Other (95)

Asia (25)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

Electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) losses measure the share of electricity generated that is not delivered to end users because of technical losses (e.g., line resistance, transformer losses) and non‑technical losses (e.g., theft, metering/billing issues). Lower losses generally indicate a more efficient and well-maintained power grid, while higher losses can signal aging infrastructure, weak grid management, or high non‑technical losses.

This indicator is useful because it links energy efficiency, affordability, and reliability. Cutting losses can reduce generation needs (and emissions), lower costs for utilities and consumers, and improve the feasibility of adding variable renewables—making it a practical, “under-the-radar” measure of energy system performance across countries.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Haiti	54.1%
2	Iraq	46.8%
3	South Sudan	45.4%
4	Nigeria	44.7%
5	Sierra Leone	44.0%
6	Guinea	43.9%
7	Central African Republic	42.7%
8	Somalia	38.3%
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	36.4%
10	Madagascar	35.9%
11	Dominican Republic	35.7%
12	Lebanon	34.8%
13	Angola	33.8%
14	Yemen	33.2%
15	Syrian Arab Republic	32.8%
16	Timor-Leste	31.7%
17	Liberia	31.5%
18	Cameroon	31.2%
19	Libya	31.0%
20	Ghana	30.7%
21	Chad	29.9%
22	Paraguay	29.6%
23	Egypt	28.5%
24	Guinea-Bissau	28.0%
25	Mauritania	27.9%
26	Brunei Darussalam	27.6%
27	Venezuela	27.4%
28	Malawi	27.2%
29	Albania	27.1%
30	Mali	26.9%
31	Mozambique	26.0%
32	Rwanda	25.8%
33	Jamaica	25.5%
34	Burundi	25.4%
35	Cape Verde	25.1%
36	Burkina Faso	24.9%
37	Gabon	24.6%
38	Vanuatu	24.1%
39	Kenya	23.9%
40	Faroe Islands	23.8%
41	Country 488	23.1%
42	Sudan	22.4%
43	Benin	22.0%
44	Cote d'Ivoire	21.7%
45	Senegal	21.5%
46	Uganda	20.9%
47	Tajikistan	20.7%
48	New Caledonia	20.2%
49	Nicaragua	19.8%
50	Ethiopia	19.7%
51	Republic of The Gambia	19.4%
52	Niger	19.2%
53	United Republic of Tanzania	18.9%
54	Kyrgyzstan	18.7%
55	Togo	18.6%
56	Eritrea	18.5%
57	India	18.0%
58	Djibouti	17.9%
59	Myanmar	17.8%
60	Papua New Guinea	17.8%
61	Pakistan	17.4%
62	Zambia	17.3%
63	Honduras	17.2%
64	Montserrat	17.1%
65	North Korea	16.2%
66	Bolivia	15.9%
67	Nepal	15.4%
68	Brazil	15.3%
69	The Republic of North Macedonia	15.2%
70	Malta	15.1%
71	Cambodia	14.9%
72	Jordan	14.9%
73	Colombia	14.8%
74	Bahrain	14.6%
75	Zimbabwe	14.4%
76	Uruguay	14.4%
77	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.3%
78	Belize	14.2%
79	Lao People's Democratic Republic	14.1%
80	Bulgaria	14.0%
81	Guatemala	13.8%
82	Lesotho	13.7%
83	Mexico	13.5%
84	Bangladesh	13.4%
85	Comoros	13.3%
86	Suriname	13.2%
87	Tunisia	13.2%
88	El Salvador	12.9%
89	Moldova, Republic of	12.8%
90	Eswatini	12.8%
91	Equatorial Guinea	12.6%
92	Samoa	12.6%
93	Morocco	12.2%
94	Bhutan	12.2%
95	Uzbekistan	12.0%
96	Mongolia	11.9%
97	Sri Lanka	11.8%
98	Ukraine	11.6%
99	Afghanistan	11.6%
100	Cuba	11.3%
101	Panama	11.1%
102	Botswana	11.1%
103	Serbia	11.0%
104	Ecuador	10.8%
105	Türkiye	10.7%
106	Bahamas	10.5%
107	Kuwait	10.4%
108	Romania	10.3%
109	Costa Rica	10.1%
110	Peru	9.9%
111	Fiji	9.8%
112	Indonesia	9.8%
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.7%
114	Russian Federation	9.6%
115	Belarus	9.5%
116	Philippines	9.4%
117	Algeria	9.4%
118	Georgia	9.3%
119	Namibia	9.3%
120	Greece	9.2%
121	South Africa	9.2%
122	Cyprus	9.1%
123	Lithuania	9.1%
124	Qatar	9.1%
125	Oman	9.0%
126	Argentina	9.0%
127	Barbados	8.9%
128	Armenia	8.7%
129	Hungary	8.4%
130	Vietnam	8.4%
131	Trinidad and Tobago	8.4%
132	Spain	8.3%
133	Kazakhstan	8.2%
134	Solomon Islands	8.2%
135	Portugal	8.0%
136	Latvia	7.8%
137	United Kingdom	7.7%
138	Mauritius	7.6%
139	Czech Republic	7.4%
140	Malaysia	7.4%
141	Saudi Arabia	7.1%
142	Austria	7.1%
143	Montenegro	7.0%
144	Croatia	6.9%
145	France	6.7%
146	Ireland	6.7%
147	Sweden	6.7%
148	Thailand	6.7%
149	Canada	6.5%
150	Israel	6.5%
151	Norway	6.5%
152	Estonia	6.3%
153	Chile	6.2%
154	Italy	6.0%
155	Poland	6.0%
156	Australia	6.0%
157	People's Republic of China	5.9%
158	Slovakia	5.9%
159	Slovenia	5.7%
160	State of Palestine	5.4%
161	United Arab Emirates	5.4%
162	New Zealand	5.3%
163	Belgium	5.3%
164	Switzerland	5.2%
165	Denmark	5.1%
166	United States of America	5.0%
167	Netherlands	4.4%
168	Iceland	4.3%
169	Japan	4.3%
170	Germany	4.2%
171	Finland	3.7%
172	Luxembourg	3.6%
173	South Korea	3.4%
174	Singapore	3.2%

Showing 174 of 174 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #electricity #power grid #energy efficiency #infrastructure #losses #utilities #transmission #distribution

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank (World Development Indicators) (2022).

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